Hello crafting friends, welcome back and Happy New Year! A new year is here and so is the new Picture This challenge. This year is a new start for me as I just got married and getting ready for the upcoming wedding banquet. This layout I created for Picture This has expressed my fresh feelings of our marriage. Hope you like it, and now let's check out our first challenge in 2017!

This time we would like to see you step out of your comfort zone and work with mixed media and texture! All you need to do is grab your papers, stencils, inks, paints, maybe even some texture paste and 3D paper flowers and let your creative juices flow! My layout for example, I used papers, modeling paste, stamps, sprays and paints.新的一年新的挑戰，這次我們希望各位手作朋友們能夠踏出舒適圈，一起使用複合媒材玩相編！拿出紙張、型版、印台、顏料、塑型膏、立體紙花等工具，玩出你的複合媒材相編。在Maya的示範作品中，使用了紙張、塑型膏、型版、印章蓋印、噴劑還有顏料，你能找出以上工具使用在相編哪部分嗎？一起來看下面介紹～

After, I applied the spray left on the template to the 12×12 background paper. After the spray had dried, I stamped some words using Kaisercraft "Blue Bay" clear stamp and Ranger's archival ink "Jet Black".

It's really simple to play with mixed media. Don't be scared to give it a try! I can't wait to see all the different layouts this challenge will inspire. Thank you for stopping by, and I'll be making sure I check out your blog very soon!